Archaeology in the Marquesas Islands __ Pages about the recovery of a
Polynesian chiefdom in the Marquesas Islands - photos - From afargo.org -
http://www.afargo.org/

Archaeology of Whaling in Southern Australia and New Zealand __ "The
AWSANZ project (the Archaeology of Whaling in Southern Australia and New Zealand) is an international collaborative project initiated and directed by Dr
Susan Lawrence at La Trobe University in Melbourne and Dr Mark Staniforth at
Flinders University in Adelaide. The project addresses aspects of the
archaeology and history of Australasia's colonial whaling industry." Learn
about the projects accomplishments. - illustrated - From Flinders University -
http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology/department/research/projects/awsanz/index.html

Australian Archaeological Association __ Learn about
the Association, its accomplishments and goals. "The Australian
Archaeological Association Inc. (AAA) is one of the largest archaeological
organisations in Australia, representing a diverse membership of professionals,
students and others with an interest in archaeology." - illustrated - From
australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au -
http://www.australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au/

Australian
Institute for Maritime Archaeology __ "The Australasian Institute for
Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the
preservation of underwater cultural heritage, and promotion of maritime
archaeology conducted in accordance with internationally accepted ethical
standards. Based in Australia it has sponsored work throughout Australia, Asia
and the Indian and Pacific Ocean regions." A good look at the
organization, accomplishments and goals. - illustrated - From aima.iinet.net.au
-
http://www.aima.iinet.net.au/frames/aimavtframe.html

Dr. William S. Ayres's Pacific Island Studies __ website dedicated to
archaeology in the Pacific, as well as Thailand - photos and other illustrations
- By Dr. William S. Ayres -
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~wsayres/

National Archaeology Week __ Learn about Australian
archaeology, take a quiz, meet the archaeologists and much more. - illustrated -
From archaeologyweek.com -
http://www.archaeologyweek.com/

New
Zealand aerial archaeology __ "New Zealand has some 6,000 earthwork
fortifications, the product of widespread warfare in the pre-European period
from about A.D. 1500 to A.D. 1800. In addition, Maori quickly adopted and
developed aspects of gun warfare in the nineteenth century: as many as 600
fortified sites were built or adapted from pre-European types...The aerial
photographs in this compendium are oblique or low oblique (near vertical)
images..." - illustrated - From Kevin L. Jones -
http://nzarchaeology.org/aerial/opacs.html

New Zealand Archaeology
__ "New Zealand's history may be short by old world standards but New
Zealand
still has a rich heritage of archaeological sites which illustrate its history."
An overview of archaeology in New Zealand. - From nzarchaeology.org -
http://nzarchaeology.org/

Polynesian Archaeology __ "The most ancient monuments of
Polynesia are the lithic and megalithic remains, coincident in style and character with the
Druidical circles of Europe, and the exact counterpart of those of Stonehenge
and Carnac in Brittany. These earlier efforts of the human art are invariably
the remains of temples, places of worship, or of edifices dedicated in some way
to the religion and superstitions of extinct generations, whose graves cover
every island and reef." You can read more of this excellent essay. - From
Internet Sacred Text Archive -
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/ei/ei60.htm

Ryan-Polynesian Archaeology __ You will find some good articles about
Polynesian archaeology and a lot of information about Thor Heyerdahl - From Dr.
Donald P Ryan -
http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/poly.html

Strangways Springs Sheep Station - Archaeology in Australia
__ "Using both archaeological excavation and documentary evidence, Paterson
traces both European and Aboriginal contributions to the operation at the
station at Strangways Springs (called Pangki Warruna in the Arabana
language),..." You will find a good overview of the history and
archaeological research. - illustrated - From about.com -
http://archaeology.about.com/od/australi1/qt/strangways.htm

Stratigraphy, Harris matrices & relative dating of Australian rock-art
__ "Rock-art, despite much ingenious effort (e.g., among many, Watchman et al.
1997), remains difficult to date by absolute methods, so relative dating has a
central importance much as applied to dirt archaeology in the era before routine
radiometric dating. " Learn just how well this process works. -
illustrated - From antiquity.ac.uk -
http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/Pre2003/Chippindale/chippindale.html